Je Tsongkhapa

E834089

Buddhist monk Tibetan Buddhist philosopher religious reformer

Je Tsongkhapa was a 14th–15th century Tibetan Buddhist scholar, philosopher, and reformer renowned for systematizing Buddhist doctrine and monastic discipline in Tibet.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Disambiguation Statements Elicitation Referenced by

All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Je Tsongkhapa canonical	3
Tsongkhapa	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9979392 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Je Tsongkhapa
Context triple: [Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism, foundedBy, Je Tsongkhapa]

A. Gang Rinpoche
Gang Rinpoche is the Tibetan name for Mount Kailash, a sacred peak in the Himalayas revered in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Bon.
B. Merag Lama Lodre Gyatso
Merag Lama Lodre Gyatso was a Buddhist monk and spiritual leader from the 17th century known for establishing one of the most important monasteries in the eastern Himalayas.
C. Panchen Lama
The Panchen Lama is one of the highest-ranking lamas in Tibetan Buddhism, traditionally regarded as a key religious authority and spiritual teacher second only to the Dalai Lama.
D. Gyalzen Norbu
Gyalzen Norbu is a mountaineer known for making the first recorded ascent of the Himalayan peak Mountain of the Spirit.
E. Nyima Gyaltsen
Nyima Gyaltsen is a mountaineer known for leading the first successful ascent of Myanmar’s highest peak, Hkakabo Razi.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Je Tsongkhapa
Target entity description: Je Tsongkhapa was a 14th–15th century Tibetan Buddhist scholar, philosopher, and reformer renowned for systematizing Buddhist doctrine and monastic discipline in Tibet.

A. Gang Rinpoche
Gang Rinpoche is the Tibetan name for Mount Kailash, a sacred peak in the Himalayas revered in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Bon.
B. Merag Lama Lodre Gyatso
Merag Lama Lodre Gyatso was a Buddhist monk and spiritual leader from the 17th century known for establishing one of the most important monasteries in the eastern Himalayas.
C. Panchen Lama
The Panchen Lama is one of the highest-ranking lamas in Tibetan Buddhism, traditionally regarded as a key religious authority and spiritual teacher second only to the Dalai Lama.
D. Gyalzen Norbu
Gyalzen Norbu is a mountaineer known for making the first recorded ascent of the Himalayan peak Mountain of the Spirit.
E. Nyima Gyaltsen
Nyima Gyaltsen is a mountaineer known for leading the first successful ascent of Myanmar’s highest peak, Hkakabo Razi.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (61)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Buddhist monk ⓘ Tibetan Buddhist philosopher ⓘ religious reformer ⓘ
alternativeName	Je Rinpoche NERFINISHED ⓘ Tsong-kha-pa NERFINISHED ⓘ Tsongkhapa Lobsang Drakpa NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedDeity	Manjushri NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Ganden Monastery NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthDate	1357 ⓘ
birthName	Lobsang Drakpa NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthPlace	Amdo NERFINISHED ⓘ Tibet NERFINISHED ⓘ Tsongkha NERFINISHED ⓘ
centuryOfActivity	14th century ⓘ 15th century ⓘ
coreTeaching	integration of sutra and tantra ⓘ strict Vinaya observance ⓘ union of emptiness and dependent arising ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Tibet NERFINISHED ⓘ
deathDate	1419 ⓘ
founded	Ganden Monastery NERFINISHED ⓘ Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ
iconography	depicted wearing yellow pandit hat ⓘ often shown with sword and book of Manjushri ⓘ
influenced	Dalai Lama institution ⓘ Gelug school NERFINISHED ⓘ Panchen Lama institution ⓘ
influencedBy	Atisha NERFINISHED ⓘ Chandrakirti NERFINISHED ⓘ Nagarjuna NERFINISHED ⓘ Rendawa Zhonnu Lodro NERFINISHED ⓘ Sakya Pandita NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	emphasis on monastic scholarship and ethics ⓘ reforming monastic discipline in Tibet ⓘ systematizing Buddhist doctrine in Tibet ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	Tibetan ⓘ
mainInterest	Buddhist philosophy ⓘ Lamrim (stages of the path) NERFINISHED ⓘ Madhyamaka theory of emptiness ⓘ Tantric practice ⓘ monastic discipline ⓘ
name	Je Tsongkhapa NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork	Essence of Eloquence NERFINISHED ⓘ Great Exposition of Secret Mantra NERFINISHED ⓘ Illumination of the Thought NERFINISHED ⓘ Lamrim Chenmo NERFINISHED ⓘ Ngagrim Chenmo NERFINISHED ⓘ Ocean of Reasoning NERFINISHED ⓘ The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment NERFINISHED ⓘ
philosophicalSchool	Prāsaṅgika-Madhyamaka interpretation ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Ganden Monastery NERFINISHED ⓘ Tibet NERFINISHED ⓘ near Lhasa ⓘ
religion	Buddhism ⓘ Tibetan Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ
roleInTradition	second Buddha of the Snow Land (Tibet) ⓘ
teacherOf	Gyaltsab Je NERFINISHED ⓘ Jamchen Chöje NERFINISHED ⓘ Khedrup Je NERFINISHED ⓘ
tradition	Madhyamaka NERFINISHED ⓘ
veneratedIn	Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism → foundedBy → Je Tsongkhapa ⓘ

Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism → coreTextAuthor → Je Tsongkhapa ⓘ

Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism → associatedFigure → Je Tsongkhapa ⓘ

Madhyamaka → interpretedBy → Je Tsongkhapa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tsongkhapa

Buddhist logic → notableProponent → Je Tsongkhapa ⓘ